At the end of May, when the cotton was beginning to need topping, Liang Wenyu came to the Purchasing Station to discuss setting up a factory with Li Long.
Yes, he had made his decision: he would start a factory and make money. He no longer wanted to become village director.
"Actually, I was pretty torn at first. I thought that if I became village director, I'd definitely do better than the current one." Sitting across from Li Long, Liang Wenyu said, "I could find ways to help everyone prosper, instead of dealing with nothing but shitty nonsense day after day like now."
Li Long believed Liang Wenyu meant what he said.
In his previous life, Liang Wenyu really had become village director, and he really had sacrificed a great deal to protect the village's interests.
Yet when he was transferred to the township, plenty of people still cursed him and reported him.
There was no helping it. People were never satisfied, and there was a considerable gap between ideals and reality. Securing a favorable policy or a good project did not mean everyone would want to participate.
There were always people who held things back and people who wanted to take advantage.
Some people genuinely felt cheated if they failed to gain an advantage, or wondered why others had something they did not-without considering why they did not qualify.
So Liang Wenyu had had a hard time in his previous life, too.
Fortunately, he was fairly tough-minded. Grandpa Liang had brought him up well: Liang Wenyu was not only upright but also understood how to deal with people. Besides, the Du family lived in the same village and could lend a hand when necessary.
In this life, Liang Wenyu might have felt he should make money first, building a